新视界大学英语综合教程2课后翻译.docx

Unit1 1 独立思考能力是大学生必备的素质之一。(think for yourself; quality) The ability to think for yourself is one of the qualities that college students must have. 2 虽然大家对这部电影好评如潮，我却不怎么喜欢这部电影。(despite; not think much of) Despite all the good comments the film received, I didn’t think much of it. 3 有陌生人或外国人在场时，她总是不愿意说话。(in the presence of sb; reluctant) In the presence of strangers or foreigners she is always reluctant to talk. 4 正要离开书店时，他发现了自己一直在寻找的一本书。(be about to do sth) He was about to leave the bookshop when he found a book that he had been looking for. 5 会上，大家对如何提高学生的阅读技能进行了更详细的探讨。(at length) How to improve students’ reading skills was discussed at greater length at the meeting. 英译汉 1 But in most circles, particularly in places that shape our lives – families, schools and most workplaces – thinking for yourself is regarded with suspicion. 然而，在大多数圈子里，尤其是在我们生活中的重要场所——如家庭、学校以及大部分工作场所——独立思考受到人们的质疑 2 Hardly anyone has been encouraged, much less trained, to think for themselves, and their teachers and parents and bosses weren’t either. 人受到鼓励进行独立思考，更别提接受相关的训练，就连他们的老师、很少有父母和老板也是如此。 3 I saw the girl across the aisle from me lean forward and peer over the shoulder of the boy in front of her who was scribbling something 我看见跟我隔着过道的那个女同学向前探了一下身子，从前座男生的肩膀上方偷窥他正在草草写些什么 4 I was too scared around that teacher for the rest of my young life to think very well in her presence 在后来的青春岁月里，我一见到这位老师就害怕，只要她一出现，我就无法好好思考 5 Had she affirmed our intelligence first and spoken about the joy of thinking for ourselves, had she not fanned our fear of her, we would all have learned even more powerfully what it meant to do our thinking. 如果她能首先肯定我们的聪明才智，跟我们谈谈独立思考的乐趣，如果她没有激起我们对她的畏惧，我们就可以更深切地体会到独立思考的意义 Unit 2 1 虽然体育运动的形式多种多样，但它们有一个共同之处：所有的运动都是为了增强人们的体质。(despite; have … in common) Despite the different forms of sports, they have one thing in common: All of them are to strengthen people’s health. 2 四年一次的奥运会对促进各国间的友谊起着重要作用。(play a … role; promote) The Olympic Games, which take place every four years, play an importan